Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-31
DAILY HERALD.
THE ONWARD MARCH.
Millions for Large and I'm.
portant Developments.
COTTON MARCHING FORWARD.
Grand improvements Going GU
Water Developments of Won
dr0us Value in Progress.

dr0us Value in Progress.
Few people are aware Of the vast plans
Of improvement now consummated to
surround the busy city of Cotton with
all the wealth OF the semi-tropics yet
SUCH plans have been made and ale
now being put in execution. In no
part of the American Union are the
plans OF industrial development more
wise and more important than those
that have been made in and around
the youthful city OF Cotton, the great
railway center OF Southern California.
Cotton is situated So miles east of
the city OF Los Angeles, about the
same distance from the Pacific sea-
shore, at the junction OF the three
great transcontinental railways, the
Southern Pacific Northern and Sun
set lines, and the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe line.
From this focal point these
three great railways lead north, south,
east and west; to the City of Mexi.o
and the city OF San Diego on the
south; to New Orleans, Memphis,
Atlanta, Washington, d. c., Kansa>
City, st. Louis, New York. Boston
Buffalo, Chicago, Denver and Mime
apolis on the east to Salt Lake, Sacra-
mento, Portland, San Francisco and
Oakland on the north, and TO Monter-
ey. Santa Barbara, Santa Monica,
San Pedro and Long Beach on the.
west. From Cotton, besides the pres
ent and first made railway to San
Diego via Temecula, another line is
nov open to Santa Ana and will be
opened to San-.]uan-by-the-Sea, and
thence to San Diego in Jew days.
Two lines lead to Los Angeles, one
via San Gabriel and one via Pasadena,
while motor railway is operated into
the heart Of San Bernardino and is he
ing constructed to all the leading
SO clements surrounding that town
with branch reaching out to River
side, Chino, North Cucamonga, Eti-
wanda and Rialto. All these lines
converge at Cotton, the natural rail
way center, and secure its commercial
supremacy and Importance.
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The town of Cotton is nothing If not
energetic. It has one of the finest
brick public school houses in the State,
is the watering and coaling station OF
the railways, the finest planning mill
and wood manufacturing establish
ment in that section of the State, two
wineries, Touring mill, fruit can
merry that packs 500 600 cans of fruit
annually; an immense brick-yard, in
ccmparably excellent lime kilns tina,
cease not day or night, turning out
100, 900 barrels of lime annually, that
are loaded on the tracks of the rail
ways at the kilns, while the noun
tain of marble adjoining, is yieldin,
marble of every hue, and onyx for ns,
in ornamental architecture. Th'
lime works, the quarries, the cannery
the mill, the local workers, the bricl
manufactory and the wineries furnish
employment to 600 persons, many o
these with families. The town is wei
supplied with churches and hotels
the largest, the Transcontinental, bein.
q model hotel for those tina
desire comfort and convenience
1t Is owned and conducted by Mr.. J
NJ. White, who, with his accomplished
wife, make, the guests happy and well
cared for. The cannery and picking
business is carried on by the Cotton
Packing Company; A. B. Miner
president; Wilson Hayes. secretary.
Improvement is visible on every
street. The evening Semi Tropic news
paper, under the management Of DIR
Thompson, has put in a new press
preparatory to an enlargement Of that
journal. Mr.. NJ. A. Murphy, for
merly of Los Angeles, has erected a
beautiful residence on Conn street
near the Pioneer Mill and Lum bel
Company. OF which he is manager.
Vice President Charles Crocker, o.
the Pacific Railway Company. ha,
decided that the present passenger
and bag gage depot of his compan,
are inadequate, and viii order more
commodious editice for the transac
ton of the increasing business Of that
corporation. The city of Cotton j.
about 1000 feetabove the sea, and con
tains a population of about 250t
people. The soil is sandy, AMI
free from malarial germs, while the
water is pure and unsurp .ssed in
quality. Every desirable element for
hnman comfort seems to be found in
that natural sanitarium, while the
surrounding country is experiencing
A COLOSSAL DEVELOPMENT.
On all sides of Cotton the greatest
and most intelligent activity prevails
in the purchase OF land and the devel-
opment of water and its conveyance
over the rich mesas that surround the
town. Following are some of the
strong corporations at work in the de.
velopment and conveyance of water
to the rich, warm mesas around this
remarkable railroad center.
The Cotton Terrace Land and Water
Company.
The Orange Land and Water Com
pany.
The Viviana Land and Water Com
pany OF Sunny Slope.
The Lytle Greek Water and Improve
nent Company.
The Pacific Land and Improvement
Company.
The Semi-Tropic Land and Water
Company.
The Western Development Com
pany.
The Alta Land and Water Company.
The East Riverside Company.
Last, but not least, ia the unique
Etiwanda Land and Water Company,
directed by Col. A. 3. Hotchkiss, who
has been christened by the most
beautiful la,lies of the charming settle
ment of Etiwanda as the Duke of
Etiwanda." The Colonel, or rather
Duke. is in the habit OF using adiec-
tiyes only of the superlative degree in
.ies ri iolng the beauty and glory of the
country. SO the beautiful ladies of that
section. to equalize compliments, call
him 1.-THE Duke" and he accepts the
,erm, as Vor pop,eli, poz Del, with